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04:32 Apr 26, 2005 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci | |||||||
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4 +1 | clarifloculator |
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4 +1 | flocculator-clarifier |
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clarifloculator Explanation: Good luck from Oso ¶:^) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2005-04-26 04:45:59 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- SEPL–Tank Wall™ (Liquid Retaining Structures Design Module) SEPL-TANK is a Windows 95/98/NT based software for the design of Rectangular, \"Circular RCC Tanks and Water Treatment Plant Components - **Clarifloculator** and Filter Box. Design conforms to IS:3370 & other relevant codes. Rectangular Tank Circular Tank **Clarifloculator** FilterBox Output ..\" http://www.softtech-engr.com/cgi-bin/products/others/tank.as... Please take into consideration that all the references from the Internet that mention this word are from India. Also, in Spanish there are only six hits in Google. |
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flocculator-clarifier Explanation: this is the tank where flocculation (formation of large particles) and clarification (settling of said particles) takes place. flocculator-clarifier seems to be the most common term, as indicated by these sites: http://www.gonashua.com/mayor/water/8970_WaterCapacity.pdf http://www.imionline.org/level1wef.html http://www.shsu.edu/~bio_jrd/343terms.html http://www.water-technology.net/projects/cary/specs.html clariflocculator is also used, though it seems to be more common in non-U.S. sites A definition is available here: http://www.polutech.com/Pro_Clariflocculator.html while not an extremely common word it is used in several sites that can be taken as legitimante: http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/harbor/enquad/pdf/ms-068.pdf http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-aqd-air-enf-lp.sar.... Hope this helps! |
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